Tribeca-Bound Sci-Fi Horror ‘She Loved Blossoms More’ Unveils Teaser, Previewing a ‘Psychedelic Hellscape’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“Norway” director Yannis Veslemes’ “She Loved Blossoms More,” which will world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, has unveiled its first teaser.
The film follows three brothers who build an unusual time machine in order to bring their long-dead mother back to life. When their delusional father comes into the picture, the experiments go awry, and they descend into a psychedelic hellscape where the past and present fuse in a comedic yet disturbing exploration of grief.
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“Norway” had an extended festival run including Karlovy Vary and Fantasporto and won a FIPRESCI prize at Thessaloniki.
“She Loved Blossoms More” is produced by Fenia Cossovitsa (“Two Tickets to Greece”) and executive producers include Christos V. Konstantakopoulos (“The Lobster”), Ant Timpson (“Come to Daddy”) and Andreas Zoupanos Kritikos (“Knock at the Cabin”).
The cast includes Panos Papadopoulos, Julio Giorgos Katsis, Aris Balis, Sandra Abuelghanam Sarafanova, Alexia Kaltsiki and Dominique Pinon.
Veslemes is also a composer of note who has released albums across international labels and provided soundtracks for several films including “Suntan” and “Cosmic Candy.”
“My background as a composer has taught me that narrative cinema sometimes suffers from the dominance of storytelling. Music can be abstract, non-linear, noisy yet emotional. If you feel confident to approach dramaturgy with a musical compass on hand, magical things may happen, happy accidents, cracks in the banality of fiction,” Veslemes told Variety.
“We tried to build a whole fantasy world condensed in a family mansion and its surroundings. Ι suppose you can place yourself in this house, spy on this family and even have fun with their suffering. It sounds crude but films exist also for that. Joy and grief feel equal in this world,” Veslemes added.
Cossovitsa and Konstantakopoulos said: “We are first and foremost cinephiles, and we’ve always gravitated towards working with daring filmmakers, those that will fight against all odds to distill their personal vision of the world and safeguard it on film. We find that to be a more rewarding life experience, and everything else we do in this industry, is done with the hope that we will afford to support that process.”
“‘She Loved Blossoms More’ is a continuation of a long-standing and fruitful collaboration we have with Yannis. The challenge of producing a fantasy sci-fi horror film graced with a strong directorial vision, powerful narrative, and spectacular visuals is what drove us, as producers, to deliver all the resources needed for its creation, at every stage and level of the production process – more often than not at any cost,” they added.
Yellow Veil Pictures is handling world sales.
Watch the teaser here:
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